Eldridge vs Le Claire

A side-by-side comparison of Eldridge and Le Claire: population, income, housing, and more.

Eldridge and Le Claire are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eldridge has the higher population (6,743 vs 4,718 in Le Claire). Eldridge has the higher median household income ($101,089 vs $100,404 in Le Claire). Eldridge has the higher median home value ($329,400 vs $300,200 in Le Claire).

Population, income & housing

	Eldridge	Le Claire
Population	6,743	4,718
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,089	$100,404
Median home value	$329,400	$300,200
Median gross rent	$845	$1,087
Housing units	2,746	1,842
Homeownership rate	85.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldridge	Le Claire
Population	6,529 → 6,743 (+3.3%)	3,971 → 4,718 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$71,961 → $101,089 (+40.5%)	$86,250 → $100,404 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$254,300 → $329,400 (+29.5%)	$224,800 → $300,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $845 (+14.8%)	$858 → $1,087 (+26.7%)

Eldridge

Population

6,5296,743

Median household income

$71,961$101,089

Median home value

$254,300$329,400

Median gross rent

$736$845

Le Claire

Population

3,9714,718

Median household income

$86,250$100,404

Median home value

$224,800$300,200

Median gross rent

$858$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldridge	Le Claire
Under 5	5.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.7%	28.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldridge	Le Claire
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldridge	Le Claire
No high school diploma	1.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldridge	Le Claire
Drove alone	80.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldridge	Le Claire
1-unit, detached	65.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldridge	Le Claire
Poverty rate	1.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	2001	1979